Weekly note

France in March

5 of the 5 destinations in France are in season in March: 2 a sweet spot, 1 good, 2 ok.

March is a sweet spot at 2 of these 5 places: Chamonix and Paris.

Ranked for March

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Fare Why
1 Chamonix sweet spot 9° cool 12d — Snow: 30 cm or more on 31 of 31 days, 10 winters of 10
2 Paris sweet spot 13° cool 10d £78 13C max, 10 rainy days
3 Corsica good 16° cool 8d — 16C max, 8 rainy days
4 Strasbourg ok 12° cool 9d — 12C max, 9 rainy days
5 Mont-Saint-Michel ok 13° cool 11d — 13C max, 11 rainy days

Fares are the typical return from London for March departures, in GBP; a dash means none has been seen yet for March departures.

Other months for France

March elsewhere

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about France as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.